Battery Mineral Resources Corp. Announces the Filing of its NI 43-101 Technical Report for the Resource Estimate at its Punitaqui Copper Mine
Battery Mineral Resources Corp. Announces the Filing of its NI 43-101
Technical Report for the Resource Estimate at its Punitaqui Copper Mine
Vancouver, British Columbia – (October 3, 2022) – Battery Mineral Resources Corp.
(TSXV: BMR) ("BMR” “Battery" or the "Company") is very pleased to announce that
it has filed a technical report for its NI 43 -101 resource estimate at Punitaqui on
SEDAR. This report is authored by JDS Mining and Energy Inc. (“JDS”).
The technical report includes sections pertaining to the project history, geology,
exploration, drilling, adjacent properties , sampling, QA/QC, data validation,
metallurgy, mineral resources, conclusions, and recommendations as well as other
required sections. The main highlight is the indicated and inferred resources which
can be seen in the Table 1, below.
Table 1: Sulphide Resources at Punitaqui by Zone
Notes to the Sulphide Mineral Resource Estimate Table
• Prepared by Garth Kirkham (Kirkham Geosystems Ltd.) an Independent Qualified Person in accordance with NI 43 -101.
Indicated
Zone Cut-off (% CuT) tonnes CuT (%) Ag (g/t)
San Andres 0.70 1,736,000 1.06 4.83
Cinabrio 0.70 378,000 1.55 0.00
Cinabrio Pillars 0.70 1,027,000 1.51 0.00
Cinabrio Norte 0.70 833,000 1.01 4.57
Dalmacia 0.70 2,198,000 1.00 1.38
Indicated sulphides 6,172,000 1.14 2.47
Inferred
Zone Cut-off (% CuT) tonnes CuT (%) Ag (g/t)
San Andres 0.70 303,000 0.82 4.03
Cinabrio 0.70 90,000 0.98 0.00
Cinabrio Pillars 0.70 0 0.00
Cinabrio Norte 0.70 1,078,000 0.98 4.91
Dalmacia 0.70 1,599,000 0.93 1.00
Inferred sulphides 3,070,000 0.93 2.64
• Effective date: August 16, 2022. All mineral resources have been estimated in acco rdance with Canadian Institute of Mining and
Metallurgy and Petroleum (“CIM”) definitions, as required under NI 43 -101.
• Mineral Resources reported demonstrate reasonable prospect of eventual economic extraction, as required under NI 43-101. Mineral
Resources are not Mineral Reserves and do not have demonstrated economic viability. The Mineral Resources may be materially
affected by environmental, permitting, legal, marketing, and other relevant issues.
• Cut-off grades are based on a price of US$3.50/lb copper, US$20/oz silver and several operating costs, metallurgical recoveries,
and recovery assumptions, including a reasonable contingency factor.
• Historic work at the Cinabrio Mine did not include silver analyses therefore silver grades are assumed t o be at a null grade for the
purpose of completeness however, it is reasonable to assume that silver grades will be at a similar tenor as Cinabrio Norte.
• An Inferred Mineral Resource has a lower level of confidence than that applying to an Indicated Min eral Resource and must not be
converted to a Mineral Reserve. It is reasonably expected that the majority of Inferred Mineral Resources could be upgraded t o
Indicated Mineral Resources with continued exploration.
• Resources reported for Cinabrio, San And reas, Cinabrio Norte and Dalmacia are reported with internal dilution applied but are not
fully diluted.
Note that all four zones of the resource estimate (the Cinabrio mine, the Cinabrio
Norte zone, the San Andres zone and the Dalmacia zone) have undergr ound access
previously established by prior operators of the Punitaqui mine complex.
Battery’s CEO and director, Martin Kostuik states, “we are extremely pleased to have
completed the very comprehensive Punitaqui Technical Report . This report
encompasses four different deposits, including Cinabrio which is the deposit that was
the main source of ore for the Punitaqui copper concentrator for the nine plus years
of operating history. We are very encouraged with the results of our drilling program
but also encouraged by the opportunity we have to continue adding resources in not
only all four deposits but throughout our significant land package of 8,693 hectares.
In addition, the report displays the large amount of work including engineering,
permitting and metallurgy which has been focussed on both de -risking and
uncovering opportunities at this very promising project. Work is nearing completion
to apply best practices to these new resources with the intention of arriving at sound
conclusions regarding project economics and mine life. It is the full intention to use
these conclusions to obtain the remainder of funding required for the recommencing
of mine operations this year, followed closely by copper concentrate production at
the Punitaqui mill. On behalf of the Board of Directors of the Company I’d like to
thank the people at JDS as well as our team in Chile for their hard work in
accomplishing this major milestone for the company.”
Qualified Persons
The scientific information in this release was reviewed by Peter Doyle, P.Geo., Vice
President Exploration for BMR. Both Qualified Persons have read and approved the
information contained in this press release.
About Battery Mineral Resources Corp.
Battery Mineral Resources (“BMR”) is a battery minerals company providing
shareholders exposure to the global mega-trend of electrification while being focused
on growth through cash -flow, exploration, and acquisitions in favourable mining
jurisdictions. Battery Mineral’s mission is the discovery, acquisition, and development
of battery metals (namely cobalt, lithium, graphite, and copper), in North America,
South America and South Korea, to become a premier and responsible supplier of
battery minerals to the electrification marketplace. BMR is currently pursuing a
potential near-term resumption of operations in late 2022 of the Punitaqui Mining
Complex, a past copper-gold producer, in the Coquimbo region of Chile. BMR is the
largest mineral claim holder in the historic Gowganda Cobalt-Silver Camp in Ontario,
Canada, and continues to pursue a focused program to build on the recently
announced, +1 -million-pound high -grade cobalt resource at McAra. In addition,
Battery Mineral owns 100% of ESI Energy Services, Inc. a profitable mainline pipeline
and renewable energy equipment rental and sales company with operations in
Alberta, Canada and Arizona, USA. Battery Minerals Resources is based in Canada
and its shares are listed on the Toronto Venture Exchange under the symbol “BMR”
and on the OTCQB under the symbol “BTRMF”. Furth er information about BMR and
its projects can be found on www.bmrcorp.com.
For more information, please contact:
Martin Kostuik, CEO
Phone: +1 (604) 229 3830
Mars Investor Relations
+1 (604) 335-1976
Harbor Access Corp.
475-477-9402
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www.bmrcorp.com
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Canadian securities legislation. There can be no assurance that such statements will
prove to be accurate, and actual results and future events could differ materially from
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reasonable by the Company, are inherently subject to significant business, economic,
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known and unknown, could cause actual results, performance, or achievements to be
materially different from the results, performance or achievements that are or may
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factors include, without limitation, the ability of the Company to obtain sufficient
financing to complete exploration and development activities, the ability of the
Company to complete the Debenture offering, risks related to share price and market
conditions, the inherent risks involved in the mining, exploration and development of
mineral properties, the ability of the Company to meet its anticipated development
schedule, government regulation and fluctuating metal prices. Accordingly, readers
should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements. Battery undertakes
no obligation to update publicly or otherwise revise any forward -looking statements
contained herein, whether because of new information or future events or otherwise,
except as may be required by law.